2025-11-18T17:36:38-08:00 2024-12-31 061609121 Adam P Cohen CPA LLC 81 South Main St Suite 9 West Hartford CT 06107 990 2024-01-01 264094865 Blossom Hill Foundation Inc BLOS 2039129155 PO Box 143 New Canaan CT 06840 Shiva Sarram President 2025-11-18 true true Adam P Cohen P00046319 8605216400 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Shiva Sarram President 592543 false X http://blossomhill-foundation.org X 2009 CT Blossom Hill Foundation funds innovative ideas to help children affected by conflict in the Middle East. 5 5 3 5 0 466178 510810 0 678 403 -707 29455 466149 540668 351050 403095 0 117727 128483 0 30825 11279 17978 480056 549556 -13907 -8888 359589 355592 0 359589 355592 Blossom Hill Foundation funds innovative ideas to help children affected by conflict in the Middle East. false false 288095 288095 Between July - December 2024, Blossom Hill Foundation sponsored 13 programs implemented by 16 fellows:1 -Sports for All and Fearless Girls in Jordan: This program brings refugee children and youth from all parts of the world together with Jordanians to play soccer and basketball. Through their love of sports, this program is working to integrate them and promote inclusion. So far, 96 children have participated in football, Taekwondo and table tennis. 2 - Girls SOAR in Syria: Using a UN-approved curriculum, this program seeks to empower 60 Syrian girls internally displaced in the northwest part of the country. Through various consecutive modules, girls learn their rights, build leadership skills, and gain self-confidence. The goal of the program is to get them back/keep them in school or attend vocational training and to prevent early marriage. 3 - Literacy and Tailoring program in Afghanistan: This program aims to empower internally displaced girls in Kabul, Afghanistan to become literate and earn a livelihood through tailoring.. The program's goal is to bring positive change and alleviate poverty in their lives. A total of 192 girls have enrolled in the program. Girls who completed the program are already earning income of an average $110/month; many are just starting their own businesses. 4 - Blossom Hill Pads in Afghanistan: To address period poverty, which prevents many Afghan girls from attending school and other activities, this program employs Afghan women to create reusable environmentally-friendly pads that are distributed to marginalized girls in the country. The program will benefit 10,000 girls.5 - Makan Initiative in the West Bank: This program provides critical group and individual therapy to children in 6 refugee camps in Bethlehem and Hebron with children, caregivers and CBOs. Individual play therapy counseling: 70 children in 6 camps, Sensitization and group counseling: 200 children, Structured ventilation and recreational activities: 6/36 conducted, Individual/group caregiver counseling: 60 reached, Training CBOs on mental health and PSS techniques 80 organizations trained.6 - Healthy Children Program in Afghanistan: This program provides health care services in hygiene and preventable illnesses (malaria, malnutrition, diarrhea) in two clinics serving the most marginalized populations near Kabul. They expect to reach 950 children and 55 trainees. 7 - Coding for Girls in Afghanistan - The first, one and only coding school for girls in Afghanistan provides courses in graphic design and coding for 400 girls in Herat, Afghanistan. The girls are able to earn well above the minimum $150 average monthly salary in Afghanistan, thereby avoiding early marriage and earning a livelihood. 8 - Montessori Early Childhood Center in Jordan: This is an Early Childhood Center to support early academic and behavioral needs of young refugees and other vulnerable children through alternative education activities inspired by Montessori methods. The Blossom Hill Early Education Center enrolled 60 children ages 3-5 in Azraq, Jordan.9 - College Coaching Youth Empowerment for Syrian and Iraqi youth: This program is designed to prepare refugee high school students for higher education in the United States. It provides TOEFL and SAT preparation classes, as well as one-on-one mentoring through the college application process. A total of 636 students enrolled in this program.10 - Science United Project in Greece: This program provides a science curriculum with science kits that transcend language barriers. The program delivered 2500 kits to 480 students and completed training sessions for 30 teachers. 11 - Mobile Info Team in Greece: By using technology, including FB, this program provides vital information, clarification, and assistance in the most relevant languages (Arabic, English, Persian, Urdu, Sorani and French) for refugees seeking asylum and family reunification. It also handles individual cases through their lawyers. MIT has 35 families reunified, 4,000 asylum seekers, 500,000 on FB. 12 - Sleeping Bags for refugees: Prototyped sleeping bags in Greece and Afghanistan; chose to conduct pilot in Afghanistan based on feasibility of prod. and dist., the lowest cost, and the opportunity for greatest impact. 30 bags were done by December and the goal is 200. 13 - REFUGYM Community Centre, Sama: The center provides services from for 1000 refugees adults and children 300 children (200 girls and 100 boys) current program offers English.German and Arabic lessons; asylum support; sports for women; open gym sessions; women only days; activities for childrenTotal $288,095 115000 115000 Between January - July 2024, Blossom Hill Foundation provided operating grants to 6 organizations:1 - Healthy Children Program in Afghanistan: This program provides health care services in hygiene and preventable illnesses (malaria, malnutrition, diarrhea) in two clinics serving the most marginalized populations near Kabul. They expect to reach 2,500 children and 105 trainees. 2 - Mobile Info Team in Greece: By using technology, including FB, this program provides vital information, clarification, and assistance in the most relevant languages (Arabic, English, Persian, Urdu, Sorani and French) for refugees seeking asylum and family reunification. It also handles individual cases through their lawyers. MIT has an average of 774 beneficiaries per month, and 98,318 on FB. 3 - Girls SOAR in Syria: Using a UN-approved curriculum, this program seeks to empower 75 Syrian girls internally displaced in the northwest part of the country. Through various consecutive modules, girls learn their rights, build leadership skills, and gain self-confidence. The goal of the program is to get them back/keep them in school or attend vocational training and to prevent early marriage. 4 - Coding for Girls in Afghanistan - The first, one and only coding school for girls in Afghanistan provides courses in graphic design and coding for 400 - 500 girls in Herat, Afghanistan. The girls are able to earn well above the minimum $150 average monthly salary in Afghanistan, thereby avoiding early marriage and earning a livelihood. 5 - Sports for All and Fearless Girls in Jordan: This program brings refugee children and youth from all parts of the world together with Jordanians to play soccer and basketball. Through their love of sports, this program is working to integrate them and promote inclusion. So far, 42 children have participated in football and 48 in Taekwondo.6 - Science United Project in Greece: This program provides a science curriculum with science kits that transcend language barriers. The program delivered 2500 kits to 300 students and completed training sessions for 40 teachers. Total $ 80,000During 2024, Blossom Hill Foundation supported 3 programs with Emergency relief financial aid:Following the devastating earthquakes that impacted Turkey and Syria and the war in Gaza,, Blossom Hill responded by providing critical needs through 3 emergency programs. 1. The International Network for Aid, Relief and Assistance (INARA):Psychosocial and educational activities for displaced children in Gaza o Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) was provided to displaced children in 3 Blossom Hill Shelters reaching 95 children, ages 5-14 o Recreational and non-formal educational activities including a magician who performed a show for children and their families and distribution of back to school supplies. o Awareness through fun activities such as handwashing to educate children on proper hygiene and that only a small amount of water is sufficient to not waste resources in areas with poor access to water; distribute soap bars for each child. o Some children need long-term individual counseling and were treated by specialists.2. Omprakach Foundation: Psychosocial program implemented by Humanity Crew for Arab children living in Israel to cope with the fallout from the war. o Over 120 educators and community workers were trained, empowering them to better support trauma-affected children and adolescents. o Individual and group sessions were conducted for 90 children and youth, fostering resilience and promoting psychological well-being within the targeted schools. o Participants reported feeling supported, empowered, and equipped with increased ability to assist youth affected by disasters or significant psychological stress.3. Turkish Philanthropy:Following the devastating earthquakes of 2023, the "Art-Based Trauma-Informed Psychosocial Support Training Program" was established in response to the significant challenges faced by young hearts in the region. The upheaval caused by the disaster deeply impacted the emotional and psychological well-being of the children, necessitating robust and sensitively designed interventions to support and strengthen them during this critical period. o A total of 255 children have participated in the program, with a distribution of 54% girls and 46% boys. The majority of these children required psychosocial support to cope with the complex trauma experienced before, during, and after the earthquakes, with age ranges between 6-12 years. o 10 mental health and psychosocial support professionals from various parts of Hatay were trained to be the implementers to deliver these sessions, working directly with children in Defne, Samandag, Antakya, and Serinyol regions of Hatay, to strengthen the children's emotional and social skills. o The implementation of the program was structured into 8 sessions, lasting approximately 2-2.5 hours each. These sessions were scheduled to accommodate the daily routines of the children to ensure their regular attendance. Throughout the program, the participation of children was monitored, and measures were taken to maintain continuity.Total $35,000 75600 Program services, which are not allocated to grants. 478695 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false true false true false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 7 0 true 3 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 5 5 true false false false false false false false false false false true true true true true true false false false CT X Shiva Sarram 2039129155 PO Box 143 New Canaan CT 068400143 X Shiva Sarram President 30.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Hossein Amir-Aslani Director 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Drew Pearson Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Janet Hartwell Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Katy Palizban Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 141705 369105 510810 0 403 403 0 0 0 0 81330 141705 51875 29455 0 0 0 540668 403 403095 403095 0 0 0 0 0 118935 70000 28935 20000 0 0 9548 5600 2348 1600 0 0 3200 3200 0 0 0 0 0 376 376 2496 1248 1248 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1518 1518 Fundraising apps and fees 6980 6980 Payroll service 1395 1395 Fundraising - Other 682 682 Miscellaneous expenses 630 315 315 701 701 549556 478695 40036 30825 153841 280449 205748 75143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 359589 355592 0 0 X 359589 355592 359589 355592 359589 355592 -8888 4891 X X false false false X 336110 429368 425440 466178 510810 2167906 0 0 336110 429368 425440 466178 510810 2167906 977001 1190905 1971 1079 1266 687 386 5389 0 29455 29455 2202750 0.54060 0.57880 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 592543 51875 51875 540668 540668 601431 51875 51875 549556 549556 Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990 Special event expenses $51875 Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S Special event expenses $51875 true Middle East 0 0 Program services Children / students 170000 Europe 0 0 Program services Children / students 135000 South Asia 0 0 Program services Children / students 98095 403095 403095 Fellowships thru US fiscal sponsor Middle East 12 Ck to US fiscal Fellowships thru US fiscal sponsors Europe 5 Ck to US fiscal Fellowships thru US fiscal sponsors South Asia 7 Ck to US fiscal false false false false false false false Dinner 184905 141705 43200 6394 17692 6294 10383 Fall Bazaar 19717 19717 2233 909 665 1 16163 16163 2559 1867 2375 220785 141705 79080 11186 20468 6294 13423 51371 27709 true Azraq Educatn Community Fund 319 E 50th Street New York NY 10022 474547136 501(c)(3) 50000 0 Sponsor fellows int'l relief Code to Inspire 57 Main Street West Lebanon NH 03784 473076235 501(c)(3) 52500 0 Sponsor fellow int'l relief Collateral Repair Project PO Box 23146 Brooklyn NY 11202 204928141 501(c)(3) 20000 0 Sponsor fellow int'l relief Internl Network Aid Relief 156-08 Riverside Drive New York NY 10032 465355232 501(c)(3) 20000 0 Omid Foundation USA 5817 Edson Lane T3 Rockville MD 20852 900406873 501(c)(3) 20000 0 Project Soar Marrakech 6411 3rd St NW Washington DC 20012 454630213 501(c)(3) 15000 0 Sponsor fellows int'l relief Social Good Fund 12651 San Pablo Ave 5473 Richmond CA 94805 461323531 501(c)(3) 132500 0 Sponsor fellows int'l relief SYE Initiative Inc 5 Tudor City Pl Apt 1405 New York NY 10017 832030921 501(c)(3) 15000 0 Sponsor fellow int'l relief The Guilford College 5800 West Friendly Ave Greensboro NC 27410 560529982 501(c)(3) 48095 0 Sponsor fellows int'l relief Travler Pack 615 E Camino Real Ave Arcadia CA 91006 883734431 501(c)(3) 15000 0 Turkish Philanthropy Funds 120 East 23rd Street 5th Fl New York NY 10010 208392006 501(c)(3) 10000 0 Sponsor fellows int'l relief 11 0 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used Blossom Hill Foundation has fiscal sponsor agreements with about 11 subgrantors and about 18 fellows funded under the grants. Under these agreements Blossom Hill receives reports on the activities from each of these grantees - corporate and individuals, which the Foundation reviews for compliance. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Shiva Sarram and Drew Pearson are spouses. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Foundation Board engaged a CPA to assist with the annual accounting and preparation of Form 990. The CPA prepares a draft of the Form 990, which he reviews with the Treasurer and President. The draft is then circulated to the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The Foundation requests annual disclosure of any conflicts of interest from its Board members. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The Foundation makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available in accordance with state law.